''Eutropis cumingi'', also known
commonly as Cuming's eared skink, Cuming's mabouya, and Cuming's mabuya, is a
species of
lizard
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in the
family Scincidae. The species is
endemic to the
Philippines.
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Etymology
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In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''cumingi'', is in honor of English naturalist, Hugh Cuming, who collected the holotype.[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Mabuya cumingi'', p. 62).]
Geographic range
''E. cumingi'' is found in the northern parts of the Philippines ( Luzon, Calayan, Camiguin, and Lubang)[
]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of ''E. cumingi'' are forest and shrubland
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, at altitudes from sea level to .
Diet
''E. cumingi'' preys
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upon cockroaches and other insects.
Reproduction
''E. cumingi'' is oviparous
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. Clutch
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size is two eggs.[
]
References
Further reading
* Brown WC, Alcala AC (1980). ''Philippine Lizards of the Family Scincidae''. (Silliman University Natural History Monograph Series). City of Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines: Silliman University. i–xi + 246 pp. (''Mabuya cumingi'', new species, p. 117).
* Greer AE, Telford SR Jr (2004). "Some observations on the morphology and reproduction of the Philippine Islands skink ''Mabuya cumingi'' ". ''Hamadryad'' 29: 1–4.
* Ota H, Huang W-S (2000). "''Mabuya cumingi'' (Reptilia: Scincidae): an addition to the herpetofauna of Lanyu Island, Taiwan". ''Current Herpetology'' 19 (2): 57–61.
Eutropis
Reptiles of the Philippines
Reptiles of Taiwan
Reptiles described in 1980
Taxa named by Angel Chua Alcala
Taxa named by Walter Creighton Brown
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